Token Authentication for Java Applications

Everyone building a web application that supports user login is concerned with security. How do you securely authenticate users and keep their identity secure? With the huge growth in Single Page Applications (SPAs), JavaScript and mobile applications, how do you keep users safe even though these are 'unsafe' client environments?

In this presentation, Les will demystify HTTP Authentication and explain how the Next Big Thing - Token Authentication - can be used to secure web applications on the JVM, REST APIs, and 'unsafe' clients while supporting security best practices and even improving your application's performance and scale.

Speaker Bio:

Les Hazlewood is Stormpath co-founder and CTO and the Apache Shiro PMC Chair.
Prior to forming Stormpath, Les held senior architectural positions at Bloomberg and Delta Airlines and he was former CTO of a software engineering firm supporting educational and government agencies. Les has been actively involved in Open Source for more than 10 years, committing or contributing to projects like the Spring Framework, JBoss, and Apache Shiro. Les has a BS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, and practices Kendo and studies Japanese when he’s not coding.